Friction-gearing.



A. JENSEN N P. NIBLSN.

FRIGTION GfEARlNG.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 12, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913. 1A.

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PRIGTION GEARING.

PPLIGATION FILED 11011.12, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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UNITED s-TATn-s 'PATENT onirica.

ANDERS JENSEN, or NRRESUNDB'Y, AND PEDER'. NiriLsiiN,"oF BRNDERSL'EV, DEN- MARK, AssIGNoRs 'ro FIRM or SKANDINAVISK STAABREMSKIVEFABRIK VED J. C.

MARTINS, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

rRIo'rIoN-GERING.

Specication of Letters Patent.

.Application led November 12, 1912. Serial N o. 730,954.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ANDERS JENSN and FEDER NIELSN, subjects of the King of Denmark, residing, respectively, at Nrresundby and Bi'nderslev, Denmark, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Friction-Gearing; and we do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Friction gearings in which is employed a so-called planet wheel system of thekind -in which the planet wheels, having the shape of double cones, roll on fixed 'outer rings on one side, while the planet wheel carrier is placed on one shaft e'nd, and on eonical inner disks or flanges which are connected with the other shaft end, are known. In such gears Whether' one or the other shaft end is driving or driven, depends upon whether the speed is required to be augmented or diminished.

According to the present invention the known construction is now modified thereby, that it is the planet wheel carrier which is fixed, and the outer rings are movable and connected with one shaft'.` end, while the inner disks, as hitherto, are connected with the other shaft end. It is hereby attained that the apparatus with the saine dimensioning of the parts can render a considerably greater range of gearing and the device for afterward tightening and for the regula# tion-of the friction and the device effecting alteration" of the gearing are considerably,

simplified through the new construction.

The invention is shown in the drawings where- Figure l shows a longitudinal section of one half of the gearing, Fig. 2 a detail with the parts in a different position than that shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a cross section of the apparat-us on the line A-B, Fig. 1, Fig. 4 a double cone with its movable bearing drawn toa larger scale, Fig. 5 a duplex form of an apparatus according to the invention in partial longitudinal section, Fig. 6 a section on the line C-fD, Fig. 5, and Figs. 7-10 some details.

The apparatus shown in Fig. 1 is built in an outer casing a, which is fixed and may contain oil, so that the inner lparts are kept well lubricated. The casing a carries a bearand tongue connection withthe fiange Z kforced to follow the revolution of the other fianges. The flanges Z and are connected by three longitudinal bolts n the effect-ive length of which can be altered a little by adjustable nuts o with counter-nuts. The boss of the disk carries outside a thrust bearing 79 for a bell-shaped capsule'g, which carries the other conical outer ring 1'. The capsule q is by a groove and tongue connection s forced to follow the revolutions of the casing d. The casing a carries three pillars t, the other free ends of which are connected by a plate-ring u. AThe double vconical hard steel-bodies' la, which roll partly Aed screw w vwhich rests against the end of the shaft f, the bearing h of which in the casing a must permit of a slight axial dis-v placement of theA shaft.

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In the position of the parts shown in Fig.

1 the gear is adjusted so as to render the greatest speed to the shaft f. If for instance the shaft c is driven, the casings d and q follow the revolution of the saine and dr1ve the journaled double conical bodies u through friction between the same and the conical edges of the rings e and T, and the bodies o are touched on a small diameter so that they Will make the greatest possible number of revolutions for each revolution of the shaft c. The bodies v are', however, with their greatest circumferential diameter resting against the circumference of the the right, the fiange c with the capsule g will likewise be carried to the right, and the parts will at lengt-h assume the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the bodies v will roll with the greatest circumference on the rings c and 1", and with the smallest on the disks Z and m, so t-hat the gearing in this position of the parts becomes the smallest possible, and it is obvious that the gearing in the intermediate positions of the rings and the disks causes intermediate speed. During this displacement of the vdisks and the capsule g the bodies e must be somewhat nearer to the shaft f, which is effected by the brackets Fig. 4, turning around thev pillars t. If the screw w is tightened, thereby displacing the shaft f and the thereon fixed disks m a little to the right, the planes of the ring e and the disk m will approach each other, and if the nuts 0 are tightened a little the same will be the case with the rings 1" and the disk Z. It is thus possible to adjust the friction between the bodies and.

their running vsurfaces according to the proportion of power to be transmitted. It is obvious that the difference between the number of revolutions of the two shafts increases more, when the carrier of the planet-wheel stands still than whenthe same takes part in the rotation, and the outer ring or the sun wheel stand still.

The modification shown in Figs. 5-10 differs from the one .described labove inasmuch as two sets of double conical bodies are used, whereby a considerable variation ofy the gearing can be obtained, and the capsules in which the bodies are contained here themselves form the pulley. The `Shaft 1 carries the fianges 2, 3, 4 and 5, of which the flanges 2 and 5 are connected with the shaft by means of groove and tongue con.- nection, while the fianges 3 and 4 are constrained to rotate to ether. and 5 are -acted upon y Athe springs 6 and 7,

and the spring 8 tends to press the flanges- 3 and 4 from each other. The double conical bodies 9 and 10 are. journaled in brackets 11 and'12, one of which is shown separately in Figs. -9 and 10, and these brackets are fitted pivotally on fixed bolts 13, arranged in two fixed flanges 14, Fig. 5, which are carried by the bracket or frame 15. The outer rings 16 and 17 are fiXedly arranged in the capsules 18 and 19 forming pulleys, and thev rlngs 20 and 21 which are displaceable, but

through groove yand tongue connections (not shown) are forced to follow the revolution of the capsules 18 and 19 respectively. Be-v The flanges 2- series of balls 22. The capsules 18 and 19 are at the ends supported by ball bearings 23. The shaft- 1 can by means of a fork 24 (Figs. 5, 7 and 8) be longitudinally displaced.

This apparatus acts in the following manner: When the parts assume the position shown and the capsule 18 is turned at a certain speed, the flange 2`and the shaft 1 will be turned at less speed, dependent upon the diameters of the zones on the double conical bodies 9 on which the rings roll. The fianges 3, 4 and 5 follow the revolutions of the shaft 1, and the motion is through the fianges 4 and 5 and the bodies 10 and 11 transmitted to the capsule 19 with a relative speed which is dependent upon the diameters of the active zones on the bodies 10. Thus an extensive variation of speed is obtained between the pulleys or the capsules 18 and 19. If now the shaft 1 is displaced to the left, the flanges 2 and 5 will likewise be displaced to the left, and the brackets 11 and 12 will turn and be somewhat displaced on the bolts 18, the distances of the double conical bodies from the shaft 1 being somewhat altered. The rings 20 and 21 will likewise be displaced to the left in Fig. 5. At a certain position of the shaft 1 the capsules or pulleys 15 and 19 will rotate at the same speed, and through a further displacementto the left the speed of the capsule 19 will become greater than that of the capsule 18.

The springs 6, 7 and 8 effect and maintain a suitable friction between the bodies 9 and 10 and the flanges and rings in question, and when the shaft is moved completely to the right, a small projection 25 on the flange -5 will touch the inner ring of the ball bearing 26, so that the friction between the flange 4 l and the bodies 10 ceases, and at the same time the spring 6 is compressed by the projection 27 on the flange 2 being actuated by' a shoulder 28 on t-he shaft 1, so that free running or releasing of the pulleys is permitted. 29 is an annular groove or screen for catching oil which might be hurled out.

Having -now particularly described and ascertained the nature ofthe said invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the U. S. America is:

1. In a friction gearing, the combination of a fixed support; a driving shaft; a driven shaft; a plurality of doubleA conical bodies rotatably secured to the fixed support so as to permit movement toward the axes of said shafts and so as to be held against rcvolu` tween the rings 20 and 21 are arranged a. differentdiameters.

2. In friction gearing, the combination In Witness whereof, We have subscribed our of a Xed support; a driving shaft; a driven signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses. 10

shaft; a double conical' bod held against revolution around the axes )of said shaft; ANDERS 'TJENSIN' and rings secured to said shafts respectively FEDER BIELSIJN- and engaging different parts of said bodies; VVtneSS/@S and means for causing relative longitudinal VIGGo BLOM',

movement between the rings and cones. CECIL VILHELM Sonori. 

